Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-26
DAKOTA NEWS.

DAkOTA NEWS.
Huron is to have more electric light.
Huron held two division meetings re.
Gently.
-Fargos roller rink 10 to be opened this
winter.
There is not q saloon in Campbell
county.
Grant county's new Jail 10 nearly
ready for inmates.
Bishop Fowler presided at the Metho-
dist conference at Aberdeen.
The temperance people are making
great effort to carry jamestown.
Fred A. Bartlett, q prominent young
business man of Carey, is dead.
The Pierre Free Press has got
$l,5O) press. 1t is 10 lie run by water
power.
Huron claims to have two systems OF
electric lights, besides gas, kerosene and
matches.
Abe Bradley was robbed of $25 the
other might on the bridge from Fargo to
Moorhead.
Reports from Pierre are TO the effect
that the vote on local option will be exceed
ingly close.
jamestown has won in the contest 10
be the see city of the Catholic diocese OF
North Dakota.
An effort ia being made to organizs
stock company at Aberdeen to build and
equip creamery.
Carson, Palisade and Sherman will
be stations on the Manitoba in Mimi ehaha
county-new towns.
During year past Rov. John G.
Palmer, Of Aberdeen, has oficiated at
twenty-three weddings and received Sis
| in fees.
A force Of graders have commenced
work five miles north Of Grafton. They
are thought to be in the employe of the
| Manitoba.
The city charter Of Pierre has been
changed by vote. The school directors
are now separate body. The city coun-
cllmen receive a salary.
| --OAkes, year old city, has line Of
railroad OF three distinct companies, the
| Northwestern, the Northern Pacific and
the Minneapolis and Pacific.
--Maj. Anderson, the agent ut Grow
Creek, has arrested AMI locked up three
Yankton Inlians who caused the ILL
feeling against the United Sta es sur
veyors. The survey will be made at all
| haz 'rds.
The president Of the w. C. T. U. OF
Dakota had appointed Tuesday, Novem-
Der l. as "a day Of prayer for Gods
blessing upon the efforts to carry the
counties Of Dakota for God and home"
She aso asks the pastors of churches
to offer special prayer November for the
success of prohibition.
! -Torken Nelson, Norwegian about
| 80 years of age, single man, formerly
from Walcott. ID. T., who has been in the
employ of Randolph Holding, of Ransom
| City, oil summer, was g ven o bottle by
Holdings son purporiing to contain whis-
ky, OF which he drank small portion,
and in few hours died. 1t wat tjafter-
wards discovered to b, bottle OF horse
| medicine.
The thirty days notice OF the revoca-
ton of the order Withdrawing the Northern
Pacific indemnity lands from settlement
has expired, and all lands in the Bismarck
and Fargo districts are subject to fling.
The Pioneer Press is authority for the
statement that the Northern Pacific com.
pany will contest in the courts every case
in which claims are filed on the lands, and
that Counsel Mcknight has prepared
brief on the case. He has applied TO Judge
Nelson, sitting for Judge Brewer, of the
United States circuit courts, for o tempo
rary injunction restraining all parties from
fling claims on the company's selected
lands. Lists Of these selections were filed
with the registers and receivers Of the local
land Offices, lut were never accepted by
the government. In 1871 Commits sioner
Drummond ruled that there was a second
indemnity belt, and until the present
time this has never been questioned. Un-
der Secretary Lamar's ruling. the title to
these lands is now called into question;
but the Northern Pacific authorities are
very confident of winning the case in the
end. 1t is claimed that if the company
should lose the suits under the Spooner
law, the purchasers from the company
would have the FIRST opportunity to buy the
land from the government at $1.25 PEI
Rr,t NJ MrNa,r.1k 81 L. IL
The practical acceptance Of the order OF
1871 for fifteen years. by both the rail-
road and the public, it cannot be brought
in question; and he states that the thou.
sands OF settlers who have purchased lands
Of the road will be protected by the COM
pany, in the courts, in the full extent Of
it's power.
The following letter forwarded to Com
missioner Sparks, will be read with interest
BY all Dakota people, whether they are in
sympathy with the sentiment or not:
SCOTLAND, D. T., Oct. 81, 1887. To A.
J.Sparks, Sir:-It makes one feel like
making the air blue with blasphemy to
read what You said to the people Of this
country ON the 18th inst. You are q liar
beyond all computation OF the word, when
You say ''the honest settlers Of the territory
are with you" By your ridiculous re-
quirements, and ge neral holding mp Of all
land proofs, you have devieed new means
for new class Of land sharks to p under
our people. Before you were appointed
commissioner settlers had only to pay land
agents Tor getting up their aflidsvits and
papers, between the time Of filing and
making proof; then their trouble was over.
Nov they have to pay extsavagant fees OF
all kidns, 10 the new class you have Gre
ated, 9th here and at Washington; from
the time proof ID made In Dakota till the
patent u issued at the national capital. In
many cases and for trivial causes you de-
mand new proofs, and pay no attention to
worthy Of belief. and when vour demands